Feed-bag for horses.



J. H. HUCKE, JR.

FEED BAG FOR HORSES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 5. 1914.

1 VE/VTOR John H. ucke, W

A7TORNEY8 lid WITNESSES COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH CDv. WASHINGTON, D-C.

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OHN H. HUOKE, JR, or NEW YO K, N. Y.

FEED-BAG FOR HORSES.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2%, 1915..

Continuation of application Serial No. 768,255, filed May 17, 1913. This application filcd'November 5, 1914.

Serial No.'870,4.56. i

animals. I

Among the special objects of this inven tion is to provide a device of the character indicated which will enable a horse to reach and eat all of the feed provided for him in an easy and natural manner and without the necessity'of his tossing his head or otherwise inconveniencing him in reaching any or all of the feed regardless of thedepth or amount of the feed in the bag. s

More specifically stated, the object of the invention is to provide a feeding device having what may be termed a magazine construction which will deliver into proximity to the horses mouth a moderate amount of feed While the bulk ofthe feed is maintained in the magazine.- p g A still further object of the invention is to simplify and cheapen this class of devices whereby a satisfactory article of commerce of this nature'is provided and which, when once adjusted to fit a certain horse, no further adjustment or attention is re quired beyond filling; the same with the feed I and hanging it upon the horseshead.

V Theiforegoingf and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be moreiully de-.

scribed and claimed andillustrated in the V drawings forming a part of this specifica tion in which like characters ofreference indicate corresponding vparts in all the views, and in which- X x I t Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form-Tot this invention asit would appear in "use; Fig. 2is a :vertical transverse section of the same; Fig. *3 is'a planyiew of the bottom or pan portion otthe device and Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional-detail on the line4{l of Fig.3, i The several parts of this devicemay be made of any suitable materials, and the rela} tive sizes and ro ortions aswell as the general designo'f the IIIGCllHIllSIIl, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed.

A device made in accordance with this invention includes a pan or base frame 10 of rigid material such, for instance, as sheet metal, and of any suitable configuration as viewed in plan, but indicated in a preferred form in Fig. 3 as being rectangular and of frusto-pyram'idal form in elevation. Said base pan device includes a fiat bottom ll substantially square and a vertical rim 12 of oblong form having its longer aXis GX- tending transversely of the horses head. Between said bottom 11 and the rim are in clined connecting walls leading downwardly toward the bottom 11 and toward the center of the pan or base. 7 1

At or near the corners of the bottom 11 are vertical standards 18 shown in the form of tubes of equal length and secured rigidly as by soldering or otherwise in registry with holesla formed through said bottom; These standards may be of any desired length or height with respect to the height of the flange 12 above the bottom 11, but are shown herein as being slightly lower than the top ofisaid flange. As shown best in Fig. 4, the top of each standar'dis notched at 13 on opposite sides to form a seat for a ring 15,

lying in asubstantially horizontal plane or parallel to the bottom 11 and within the flange 12. The ring 15 is secured in the notches 13 in all of the standards by any suitable means, such means preferably including astaple 1G for each standard, said staple embracing the ring adjacent the top of the standard and the legs of the staple passing downwardly through and beyond the lower end of the standard where they are bentoutwardly andsoldered orotherwise secured to the bottomof the base pan. These staples 16, furthermore, serve to strengthen the connection between the standards'and the bottom 11; 1

x I provide a nose piece 17 of canvas or other suitable strong flexible material made in substantially tubular or open-ended form. The lower end of the nose piece'ispermanentlyfconnected in any suitable manner to and around the ring 15, said nose piece extending thence upwardly, embracing the horsesnose which it is designed to comfortably fit. The bag proper indicated as a I wholeat l8 surrounds the nose pieced? 1s secured in any suitable rlg d and permashown for this purpose includes a binding three parts are rigidly connected as by rivets nent manner to the flange, 12. The means strip 19 of leather or metal of a widthsub stantially equal to the vertical width ofith eflange, the same being applied on the outside of the lower edge of the bagL18, and :the

20. The upper end of thebag converges so as to substantially correspond in diameter to the nose piece which it surrounds. -One convenient manner for shaping. this upper end of the bag is to fold in the corners,

fastening them with rivets 21 or the'like,

leaving the main portion of the bag below the'top of maximum size and capacity. In other words, the mouth of the bag is substantially equal in size to the top of the nose piece. The front and rear portions of the'device are provided withfasteners 22 and .23for permanently and rigidly secur ing the ad acent portions ofthje nose piece and bagtogether. These fasteners preferably include leatherv or'other plates secured togetherfby means of rivets passing through the horses mouth always located the same and both parts connected thereby Atthe sides of the device the nose piece-and;

main'bag are detachably connected bysnap buttons 24 or other suitable temporary fasteners. As" shown inthe drawings, the spaces a between the side walls of the bag-18 and the nose piece 17 are much wider than'the front and rear spaces Z2, whereby the mass of the feed is carried at the sides of the horses head, providing amuch more, satisfactory and efficient device than if the-magazine portion thereof were any other'form.

In other words, should the horse toss his i head, the feed will not bGnCEtllSGd to shift and disturb the properequilibrium of the bag and subsequent delivery of the feed to adjacent the bottom 11 of the device. 1 7 :To facilitate the horsesbreathing, I may perforate. the bottom 11 as indicated at '11,

but whether or not the bottom is perforated 1 the principal ventilation will be upwardly through the standards 18, the air passing outwardly through a series of holes 13 their horses practically all day. A driver,

therefore, before leaving the barn" in the morning will put a feed of grain into the device for each horse, it beingfso introduced was algaeesuming intstprigm osition onthe bottom 11, thenosepiece for such purpose beingcrimped together "from the sidesafter the temporary fasteners: 24: are loosened, and the feed is then dumped into the space or magazine between the. nose piece and the sides of the bag 18, thebulkof the feed occupying the-spaces, a, above reg .ferred to. The device is then closed by refastening the snap buttons 24 wherebythe' feed is substantially locked-or sealed within the space between the nose piece and the bag 18,a small layerior film,- however,"of the feed covering the bottom of-thevpan. After closing the top as stated, the bag may be picked up and placed or hung anywheredesired on the vehicle by means of thestrap 25 attachedto the eyelets 26,. and whereby the feed bag may be adjustahly fitted to the horses head when in use, bringing the bottom'll at a definite. elevation with respect to the horses mouth. The horse willthen have the cats or feed at the proper'place' and always supplied, within reachof rhis lips and 7 tongue. in :a 7 moderate quantity as long as there-is any feed leftin the bagormagazine. Nomatterihow muchthe' horse'imay toss his; head, an expedientseldom. resorted ,to' by the horsewhensupplied with this device, there" is;no possibility of any, of the feed: being spilled lOX'SCilttBI'QCl from the bag, a factof much importance in 'many municipalities wherein the oflicialsrrequire the drivers, to sweep up the scattered feed resulting from the :useof feed boXesor other common de w vices; r

Thisiiapplication constitutes continua-: tion of my previousjapplication' filed May 17, 1913, Serial No. 768,255, and allowed JulyQ, 1914:.

"-I claim: i 1.,The herein described feed bag for horses comprising, in combination; a rigid baseframe, the main portion of which islin' 1170 the .-form-.;of a frustum of a' rectangular;

"pyramid and including: a rim at its'upper edge, the frame also including; a circular ring of-a smaller sizethan'said-rhnand lylng withln, the T1111, there: 'belng provided? vertical, spaces between the ring *and v I the rim,the"side spaces being wider than those n the front andcrear," :a nose piece having upper I and lowerends, the lower end 'being' secured permanently toisald' ringya; magazinexbag secured to thefrim ofsaid frame; and extending thenceupwardlygins'spaced V v relation-to the nose plece, said magazine ba providing spaces on the sides for the'bul; of the feed and serving to vdeliver the same into the'bottom of the frame beneath'the nose piece and ring, and meansto support both the nosepiece and the bag in operative position. 1 T f "2. In a feed bag for horses, the combina? tion of a metallic base pan having a flatrboti tom, a vertical rim and inclined members connectingthe bottom and rim directing the feed toward the center of the bottom, a rigid ring above the bottom and of a diameter slightly less than the shorter diameter of the flange, a nose piece secured at its open lower end to the ring, a magazine bag secured to the flange and extending upwardly in spaced relation to the nose piece but closely embracing the nose piece at its upper end, and means including hollow ventilating standards serving to rigidly secure the ring and nose piece in spaced relation to the bottom. I

'3. In a feed bag for horses, the combina tion of a rigid base member including a bottom section, a rim and inclined members connecting the bottom and the rim, a series of rigid standards of tubular construction communicating with as many holesiin the bottom of the base member and extending upwardly therefrom, said standards having a series of holes formed in opposite sides thereof, a ring supported upon the upper ends of said standards, fastening means comprising a staple for each standard embracing the ring and having itslegs passing downwardly through the standard,the lower ends of the legs passing beyond the bottom and rigidly secured thereto, a tubular nose piece secured to the ring, means connected to the nose piece to support the device upon the ho-rses head, and a magazine bag attached to the base rim and loosely surrounding the lower end of the nose piece but closely fitting the nose piece at its upper end.

nation of a rigid base member having a bottom, a rim and inclined walls leadingtoward the bottom from the rim, a ring above the bottom and within the rim, a tubular nose piece secured to the ring, a magazine bag secured to the rim and extending upwardly on the outside of the nose piece, means permanently securing the nose piece and magazine bag together at the front and rear, separable fastening means securing the sides of the nose piece and bag together maln'ng a substantially tight closure between the nose piece and the top of the bag, and means rigidly securing the ring and nose piece in spaced relation to the base bottom, said means including a series of tubular standards, each standard having a pair of notches at its top in which the ring is seated and also having a series of lateral holes arranged in the same plane as said notches, and a staple for each standard, the

staple embracing the ring between the notches and extending downwardly within the standard and projecting beyond the 7 In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. HUCKE, JR. Witnesses:

GEO. L. BEELER, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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